19/05/2019 / Last updated : 13/08/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya organic farming

Can Ikigai Diet Help Dementia? Part 4 Why Does Your Living Environment Matter to the Gut Microbiota?

The fact that many people in Blue Zones work in their garden and many people in Japanese Satoyama, where we find a lot of centenarians, grow rice and vegetables might suggest that they are healthy because they get enough exercises but also they are exposed to plenty of microbiomes in their daily life to create a rich gut microbiota.

17/05/2019 / Last updated : 13/08/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya Ikigai exercises

Can Ikigai Diet Help Dementia? Part 3 A Secret of Ancient Japanese Martial Arts

Exercises that can help dementia.

14/05/2019 / Last updated : 13/08/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya ikigai diet

Can Ikigai Diet Help Dementia? Part2 What to Eat Every Day

Can the Ikigai Diet help dementia? The types of food you can have for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for your brain health.

11/05/2019 / Last updated : 13/08/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya fermented food

Can Ikigai Diet Help Dementia?

Foods which support our brain health

10/05/2019 / Last updated : 13/08/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya Japanese culture

Satoyama Experience Holiday for Junior High School Students

A lot of young people don’t learn how to cook at home and they don’t eat a lot of Japanese dishes in many households these days, especially in cities. Therefore learning how to cook Japanese dishes can be a Satoyama experience now.

08/05/2019 / Last updated : 13/08/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya Japanese culture

Hino Festival, Similar to Gion Festival, is Celebrating the Beginning of Reiwa Era

Hino Festival held on May 2nd to 3rd in Hino Town, Shiga Prefecture is one of the first traditional Japanese Festivals to be held in Reiwa Era which began on May 1st. There were signs of the new emperor and Reiwa Era everywhere and it was packed by people, making a local festival be like Gion Festival in Kyoto.

07/05/2019 / Last updated : 13/08/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya Japanese culture

Golden Week and Satoyama Holiday 2

We had a couchsurfer from England staying with us and went to Hino Festival.

29/04/2019 / Last updated : 13/08/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya Japanese culture

Golden Week and Satoyama Holiday

We don’t usually go anywhere during the golden week because it is crowded everywhere and we can relax a lot more staying here. That is a treasure of living in Satoyama; every day is a holiday. We can go Satoyama walking, Satoyama cycling, and have a Satoyama picnic.

28/04/2019 / Last updated : 13/08/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya Satoyama life

Ikigai Lunch with Edible Wild Plants

26/04/2019 / Last updated : 13/08/2020 Sachiaki Takamiya 未分類

A Doctor Who Practices Natural Farming

Dr. Shinjiro Honma is known as a naturalist doctor, and he leads a sustainable lifestyle, growing vegetables using natural farming, and making fermented foods.

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